BLUE BIRD TRUCKING LLC
USDOT 3845366MC-Docket MC1399842CHARLESTON, AR
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BLUE BIRD TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 3845366) in CHARLESTON, AR — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- MCS-150 self-report is stale (>24 months) — fleet size, mileage, and driver counts are low-confidence.
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.4
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 3
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 19.71
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
4
Inspections
2
OOS inspections
4
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 1
- Total drivers
- 1
- Years in business
- 4
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 25%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 33.3%Above national
Rate rests on a stale MCS-150 mileage self-report (>24 mo) — treat as low-confidence.
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- None on file
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2024-06-03Stale (>24 mo)
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
4
Inspections
2
OOS inspections
20
Violations
4
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2025-04-09 → 2026-04-02.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
13 | 3 | 2026-04-02 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
4 | 0 | 2026-04-02 |
Hours of service 395
|
2 | 0 | 2026-04-02 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2026-01-08 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2026-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Improperly joined such as a splice made by sliding the hose ends over a piece of tubing and clamping the hos | OOS |
| 2026-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Insufficient tiedowns (w/o headerboard/blocking) for article(s) of cargo 5 feet or less and more than 1100 lbs | OOS |
| 2026-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber | — |
| 2026-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2026-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2026-04-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-02-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2026-02-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-01-08 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - Operate a CMV and does not possess a valid CDL | OOS |
| 2025-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-front tread depth less than 4/32 of inch on a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Non-compliance with headlamp requirements | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | All Brakes - Insufficient brake lining thickness | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | No edge protection for tiedowns | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Portable ELD not mounted in a fixed position and visible to driver | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 4 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-02 8 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110B2I-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45A-BHTIJ | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALAC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2026-02-11 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
2026-01-08 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | — |
2025-04-09 9 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F4/R | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 24A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
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